Having won the 1925 International Six Days Trial, Britain hosted the 1926 event, which comprised five days in the Peak District wilderness followed by a day’s speeding at Brooklands. Reports could obviously be found in “the blue 'un” and “the green 'un” but such was the event’s profile, artiles appeared all around the world, including this one from the Townsville Daily Bulletin, Queensland, Australia:
"English files arrived by last mail and contain interesting particulars of the famous event which was held on August 16th to 21st over an 800 miles ‘Road’ course, terminating with a speed trial of approximately 50 miles on the Brooklands track.
The mere mention of the distance covered, however, does not convey any impression of the severity of the conditions encountered, the course selected including atrocious road surfaces, water splashes and loose stones. On Blacker Mill Hill for instance, which competitors had to descend on the first day and ascend on the second day—very few of the riders managed the descent without falling off or losing control of their machines, so steep was the declivity. Again, only 25% of the entrants climbed this hill the following day, the remainder falling half way up.
This year’s international trial attracted 113 competitors, of many nationalities, and of these only 91 completed the course. The three teams of BSA riders consisting of a ladies team, the gents’ B-team and a team of Dutch riders all scored notable successe; the B-team being the only team in the trial to finish without loss of points. The ladies’ team secured a team’s prize trophy, and the Dutch team finished second for the international silver vase. In addition to these awards the 12 BSA entrants secured ten gold and one silver medals. It is generally conceded by English motoring journals that this international trial is the most important, and incidentally the most severe reliability trial held in England.”
